Friday, October 25, 2019

City Generator Burned Out, Please Use Less Water, Light and Power, Oct. 25, 1919

From the Wilson Daily Times, Oct. 25, 1919

Ease Up On the Water, Light and Power, Wilson

Superintendent Grantham requests us to ask the people of Wilson to ease up on the use of water, lights and power until he can secure another machine from the factory, one of them having burned out yesterday. Another machine known as the “Exciter” has been ordered from Schenectady, N.Y., by express and should arrive in a day or two, though express nowadays is almost as slow and uncertain as freight.

The new machine will cost $2,045 and weighs heavy, so the express will be a considerable item.

In the meantime the machine which has been substituted for the one burned out is about half the size and therefore Mr. Grantham is afraid it might burn out, and if it does the city will be in darkness. So every light you turn out and every drop of water less that you use, and every wheel that you stop will take just that much burden from the already overburdened plant.

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